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The woman who helped to expose the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has faced abuse from some residents of Stafford after she was appointed CBE in the New Year’s Honours list.

Julie Bailey was praised by Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, who said that her courage in standing up to managers at Stafford Hospital had made the NHS safer.

However, campaigners fighting a downgrade of the hospital claimed that the honour was an insult, with many abusing Ms Bailey on Twitter. @HannahA1995 tweeted: “Julie Bailey gets a CBE for shutting down services at stafford hospital meaning ill patients